Presbyter
Saint Paul was born on October 23, 1889, in the village of Pomyelovo, Novoladozhsky district of Saint Petersburg province. After graduating from the Alexander Nevsky Spiritual School and the Saint Petersburg Theological Seminary, he became a teacher. In 1914, he was drafted into the army, wounded, and awarded a silver medal. In 1916, he was ordained as a deacon, and in 1921 – as a priest.
On December 9, 1933, he was arrested along with the clergy. He was accused of counter-revolutionary activities, including for poems he had written. On February 26, 1934, the OGPU troika sentenced him to five years of imprisonment in a concentration camp. In 1934, he wrote to his relatives about his situation in the camp, suffering from illness and lack of food.
In 1938, a new case was initiated against him, and on March 17, he was sentenced to execution by shooting. He died on May 13, 1938, and was buried in an unmarked grave.
